Along the Track: The Flight of the Heron

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Mr An Onymous has been laid up a bit of late with some eye-surgery. He recieved the all clear from Dr Slice’n’Dice the other day, so we decided on a trip to the Western Treatment Plant to try out his new “eyes”

We had been watching a White-necked Heron feeding in the open grass in one of the ponds, when on a moment, a number of Australasian Swamphens decided to take battle, and the Heron was caught up in the middle of it, and took off. It flew across the pond to a safer and quieter spot.

Enjoy

11 thoughts on “Along the Track: The Flight of the Heron”

  1. The Heron made the right choice to leave! The Swamphens in a frenzy are to be left alone!
    A splendid flight sequence, David!
    Wonderful to view!

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    1. Now that the WP changes deem me to be A N Mouse I must remember to sign my comments!
      I note there is no option to be notified of replies now either.

      Dave N. (aka A N Mouse)

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      1. Hmmm

        I tried on another email address, and it seems to let me reply without logging in. So no adress is recorded. If I log in with an email address I can get the option for ‘replies, updates’ etc.

        I’m just about ready to close the site anyway, as I’m not able to keep up with updating new blog posts. Just keep it open till I find a home for the birdsaspoerty.com address.

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  2. Beautiful photography David…!!! Through no fault of its own, the Heron found itself in a war zone. It’s a very dignified bird (or I’ve always assumed it is!), so it did well to extract itself from the battlefield…! A lovely sequence of photos David; thanks for sharing them…!
    Cheers,
    Lance

    PS It’s also rather nice to see a Heron that’s not a White-Faced Heron…! :-))

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    1. Hi Lance

      Glad you enjoyed the story

      They are a bit nomadic so we don’t see them all that often. We have been fortunate to have them in a few places at present

      They are usually solitary. But recently we’ve seen them in smallish flocks

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    1. Hello Eleanor, it has been a long time since we’ve seen them as single birds, let alone in small flocks. I do think that a lot of the birds are returning from their northern wandering, so we might have a good season coming up.

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